Actress Rose McGowan has blasted disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein for disputing her fellow accuser Lupita Nyong’o’s scathing claims about his behavior.
‘Watch out HW, if you come for one of us, you come for all of us. #ROSEARMY #LupitaNyongo,’ McGowan tweeted late Friday, hours after Weinstein’s rep said he has a ‘different recollection’ than Nyong’o.
‘Dear Monster, here come the girls,’ McGowan continued.
The actress, who broke through in the Weinstein-produced slasher ‘Scream’, reportedly sued Weinstein after an alleged assault in 1997 at the Sundance Film Festival. Weinstein’s rep has said he denies ‘any claims of non-consensual sex’.
McGowan is believed to have signed a non-disclosure agreement at the close of the suit and has only referred to him obliquely in social media since.
Nyong’o, who won Best Supporting Actress for 2013’s ’12 Years A Slave’, penned a scathing op-ed for the New York Times on Thursday detailing her account of Weinstein’s questionable behavior.
Actress Rose McGowan (left) has blasted disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein for disputing her fellow accuser Lupita Nyong’o’s scathing claims about his behavior
McGowan tweeted late Friday, hours after Weinstein’s rep said he has a ‘different recollection’ than Nyong’o, who described inappropriate behavior in an op-ed
McGowan reportedly signed a non-disclosure agreement after an alleged assault and has only referred to Weinstein obliquely in social media – but her tweets left little doubt of her intent
This tweet featured an image of McGown as her character in The Black Dahlia
The 34-year-old said she met the disgraced Hollywood mogul in 2011 at an awards ceremony in Berlin while she was in her final year at the Yale School of Drama.
Nyong’o writes that he cajoled her into giving him a massage and later propositioned her, saying she had to be willing to do that sort of thing if she wanted to be an actress.
‘Mr. Weinstein has a different recollection of the events, but believes Lupita is a brilliant actress and a major force for the industry. Last year, she sent a personal invitation to Mr. Weinstein to see her in her Broadway show, “Eclipsed”,’ his rep said in a statement to Entertainment Weekly on Friday.
McGowan’s tweets hinted at some kind of retaliation, including one that simply said ‘Plotting’ posted with an image of her character from ‘The Black Dahlia’.
The war of words came as Weinstein completed the final day of a one-week outpatient sex rehab program on Saturday, and attempted to fend off claims that he hadn’t taken treatment seriously.
Actress Lupita Nyong’o penned an op-ed on Thursday containing scathing accounts of Weinstein’s behavior, claiming he cajoled her into a massage and made lewd propositions
A psychologist taking part in his treatment told TMZ that Weinstein would remain in Arizona for a month or so after his week of outpatient ‘intensive therapy’ ends on Saturday.
Weinstein was ‘invested in the program’ and had focused on ‘dealing with his anger, his attitude toward others, boundary work and the beginnings of work on empathy,’ the psychologist told the outlet with Weinstein’s permission.
The psychologist downplayed previous reports that the 65-year-old film producer had fallen asleep in group sessions and ranted about conspiracy theories.
‘He showed up for all the meetings and was fully engaged,’ the mental health professional said, adding that Weinstein had been pulled from group therapy after an initial session due to confidentiality concerns, and the rest of his sessions had been one-on-one.
‘He was not venting about some conspiracy to get him. It was an appropriate display of anger,’ the psychologist said, dismissing previous reports that Weinstein had used group sessions to launch into sanctimonious rants about conspiracies against him.